Securities Archive » June, 2008

Securities - June, 2008

148 articles

• 9th Circ. Revives LendingTree Insider Trading Case
• Par Pharma Shareholders Seek Settlement Approval
• Cos. Had Misconceptions About ARS Market: Survey
• Senators Rebuke Cox, Bernanke, Paulson
• M&A Practice: Weil Gotshal
• New SOX Guidance Has Dramatic Effect: Survey
• SEC Asks for Delaware's Help In Proxy-Cost Fight
• House Bill Directs CFTC To Use Emergency Powers
• Deal In Massey Energy Derivative Suit Gets Court OK
• InBev Ups Pressure After Bud Maker Snubs Deal
• Securities Plaintiffs Face Tough Sledding After Tellabs
• WRL Foods Insider Trading Case Finished: SEC
• Exxon Ruling Will Drill Punitive Awards: Experts
• Judge Rules Against SEC In Securities Fraud Case
• Melnyk Goes To Court To Fight Biovail Vote
• Mass. Charges UBS With Misleading ARS Clients
• Securities Practice: Skadden Arps
• Suit Failed To Plead Dynex's Scienter: 2nd Circuit
• SEC Seeks To Revise Oil, Gas Reporting Rules
• SEC Nominees Clear Senate Panel
• Judge Drops Some Claims In Atmel Backdating Case
• 7th Circuit Spurns Lord Black's Appeal
• Judge Gives Par Pharma Shareholders 2nd Chance
• Body Armor Co. Settles Securities Suits For $35M
• Pension Fund Can't Join JP Morgan Suit: 7th Circuit
• Adelphia Fraud Sentences Trimmed By Three Years
• N.Y. Appeals Court Backs Grasso In Pay Saga
• SEC Accepts Proposals On Credit Ratings, Annuities
• Court Throws Out Lone Star Guilty Verdicts
• Circuit Denies Alcatel Retirees' Injunction Request
• Broadcom Co-Founder Admits Lying To SEC
• Judge Tosses Some AIG Counterclaims Against Starr
• Fifth Third Bancorp Sued Over $750M Share Offering
• Amaranth Seeks To Dismiss Natural Gas Suit
• Ex-Biovail CFO Blasts SEC Over Complaint
• Scottrade, SEC In $950K Deal Over Order Execution
• Sheik's Suit Could Imperil Barclays' $8B Deal
• Judge Closes Merck Derivative Suit Over Vioxx
• 2nd Circ. Nixes CSX's Bid To Block Proxy Fight
• SEC Extends SOX Compliance Deadline Again
• Williams-Sonoma Mgr., SEC Settle Insider Trading Suit
• Shareholder Suit Doesn't Show Fraud: Scholastic
• ARS Suits Against Citigroup Consolidated
• Ex-Cendant Chief Hit With $22M Suit Over Assets
• Shareholder Sues Over Lehman Losses, Disclosures
• Credit Woes Hinder Hedge Fund Launches: Report
• Court Sides With Fund Partners In Shareholder Suit
• UBS Banker Admits To Role In Tax Evasion Scheme
• $177M Award In BanInter Fraud Case Affirmed
• Ex-Bear Stearns Execs Knew The End Was Near: Feds
• Court Grants Ex-Refco Execs' Demand For Insurance
• SEC Charges Sentinel Higher-Ups With Massive Fraud
• Senators Float 3 Measures For Curbing Speculation
• Next Financial Breached Customers' Privacy: ALJ
• France Nabs Ex-COO Of Airbus Co. For Insider Trading
• New Settlement In Zoran Backdating Case Approved
• Parmalat Claims Against Ex-CEO Approved
• 11th Circuit Decides PSLRA 1st Impression Case
• Vinson & Elkins Settles San Diego Suit For $4.35M
• Judge Rules Against Yahoo Shareholders' Bid For Trial
• N.Y. Court Dismisses Malpractice Suit Against Deloitte
• Judge Nixes Bid To Block Citigroup Fund Tender Offer
• EC Calls For Regulation Of Credit Rating Agencies
• AIG Chief Sullivan Ousted In Wake of Subprime Losses
• NEC Brokers Reach Deal With SEC Over Bookkeeping
• Former Broadcom Execs Plead Not Guilty To Fraud
• Milberg Agrees To $75M Settlement For Kickbacks
• Ex-Milberg Partners Sued By Former Colleagues
• SLUSA Preempts State-Law Claim V. BofA: 8th Circ.
• SEC Orders Citigroup To Stick To GAAP
• U.K.'s Surprise Short-Selling Rules Spark Outcry
• Airbus Delays Spur Insider Trading Allegations
• Ex-Bear Stearns Exec Joins K&L Gates
• Jury Fines Arthur Andersen, Politico $51M
• JP Morgan Islamic Finance Exec Held In Dubai
• Ex-Employees Can Sue Retirement Plans: 4th Circuit
• Winston & Strawn Adds Securities Partner
• MF Global Earmarks $10M To Deal With CFTC Probes
• Lehman Posts $2.8B Loss
• UBS, Credit Suisse Settle With Parmalat For $548M
• Japan's Livedoor Ordered To Pay $88.2M To 6 Firms
• Jury Awards $1.65M To Former Heins Mills Attorney
• Ex-Refco CEO Bennett Asks Court For Mercy
• NYSE Proposes Revised Rules For Specialist Traders
• Bayou Head May Have Staged Suicide: Reports
• SEC To Consider New Oil Reserves Reporting Rules
• Home Furnisher Pays $3.7M To Settle Merger Suit
• FINRA's Move To Harmonize NASD, NYSE Rulebooks
• Judge Snubs SEC Again In Favor Of Merchant Capital
• Howrey's Chicago Office Scores Two Partners
• Dingell Pushes Bill Targeting Market Speculation
• Merrill Scores $3.1B Win Over Credit Default Swaps
• Certified Services Former CEO Enjoined In SEC Case
• UnitedHealth Execs Knew About Backdating: Report
• SEC Launches FCPA Investigation Into Wright Medical
• Convicted Bayou Fund Head May Have Faked Death
• Judge Orders Take-Two To Fulfill FTC Subpoena
• Russian Shareholders To Sue BP Over TNK-BP
• NYSE Bars Three Former Merrill Lynch Brokers
• Proxy Fight Continues Despite Ruling In CSX Suit
• Senate Ethics Committee Counsel Joins Wiley Rein
• Yahoo Shareholders Want Trial Before Proxy Fight
• Court Freezes Firm's Assets In $21M Fraud Suit
• Citing Stronger Market Watch, CFTC Forms Task Force
• 'Plausible' Inference Of Fraud Fails Tellabs Test
• Faro Settles DOJ, SEC Bribe Charges For $2.5M
• Wachovia Faces Class Action Over Loan Statements
• Judge Tosses Shareholder Suit Against Novastar
• Life Sciences Cos. Face More Shareholder Suits
• Marvell Earmarks $16M To Settle Shareholder Suits
• SEC Clears Overstock Of Naked Shorting Charges
• SEC Probing AIG Over Credit Default Swaps: Report
• Shearman & Sterling Malpractice Claim Can Proceed
• Judge Tosses AstraZeneca Suit Over Blood Thinner
• U.K. Companies Urged To Crack Down On M&A Leaks
• Ratings Agencies Sign Reform Pact With N.Y. AG
• Regulators Eye Credit Rating Industry Reforms
• Speculators Face Uncertainty In D.C. Blame Game
• SEC Tentatively Approves NYSE Arca Data Fees
• Stoneridge Is Good News For Law Firms
• Cablevision Settles Backdating Claims For $34.4M
• 9th Circuit Revives Applied Signal Shareholder Suit
• Broadcom Founder Indicted For Backdating, Drugs
• SEC Opposes CSX Opinion Of Ownership
• AIG Loses Bid To Block Ex-CEO's Access To Docs
• SEC Nabs 2 For Trading On Insider J&J Merger Info
• CFTC Proffers New Rules, Reveals Cotton Probe
• SEC Sues 21 Parties Over $156M Scheme
• SEC Sues Broker Alleging Fraud
• Third-Party Complaints Dismissed In Suprema Suit
• Investors Challenge Bear Over Defunct Fund
• Trade Groups Fault CSX's 'Beneficial Owner' Stance
• SEC Prevails In Case Against U.S. Wireless Ex-CEO
• Homeland Security Lawyer Heads To Greenberg
• Top Court To Mull History's Largest Leveraged Buyout
• Speculators Created Bubble in Oil Market: Soros
• Brocade Settles Backdating Class Action For $160M
• CBOE Settles Voting Rights Battle In Planned IPO
• Ratings Firms To Reform In Wake Of Mortgage Mess
• Close To Deal, Milberg Asks Coughlin To Kick In
• Credit Suisse Banker Gets 10 Years
• CFTC Scrutinizing Cotton Futures: Reports
• SEC Finalizes Backdating Settlement With Analog
• Stringer May Not Be Dead Yet
• Paul Weiss Wins Honcho From SEC
• IBM To Pay $20M To Settle Suits Over '05 Stock Drop
• RBC Faces Class Action Over Auction Rate Securities
• Attorneys General Line Up Behind Siegelman